UCL MEng Civil Engineering offer holder

I have no connection with University College London (UCL), nor any other schools outside of the US. However, I appreciate your situation and offer some observations based on the same criteria I would use to evaluate any school.

Looking at number of students, we have the following:

UCL with 36,000 students, 17,000 undergraduate, 19,000 graduate

Oxford with 24,000 students, 12,000 undergraduate, 12,000 graduate

University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) with 45,000 students, 31,000 undergraduate, 14,000 graduate

Harvard has 21,000 students, 6,700 undergraduate, 14,000 graduate

Texas A&M University with 70,000 students, 55,000 undergraduate, 15,000 graduate.

If the number of graduate students is the same or higher as the number of undergraduate students, that usually means that the University as a whole emphasizes research and an advanced degree from there is highly sought after by students. You see the same trend at UCL as you do at Oxford and Harvard, two schools known worldwide. At UCLA and Texas A&M, the trend is reversed and undergraduate students outnumber grad students by far. In these two cases, a Bachelor’s degree is well-regarded within the sphere in which these students will work. I’m not constructing a social hierarchy, I am distinguishing between people who want to be lawyers and doctors and politicians as compared to people who want to be engineers and medical technicians and small business owners.

Besides just the numbers, I checked what UCL graduates tend to study and what they’re known for, and in my opinion UCL emphasizes medical studies and liberal arts. They have engineering, science, and math programs, and many well-known alumni including Thomas Edison, but these programs seem overwhelmed by the liberal arts.

I suggest you also check out the requirements to qualify for in-country resident tuition (if there is such a thing) which is much cheaper than out-of-country resident tuition. you could also check for alumni on LinkedIn. Sorry I couldn’t be more help. Good luck.

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